Compliance Assistance - Laws and Regulations

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• Compliance Guide for Employers and Businesses – Overview of pesticide laws and regulations governing pesticide use
• California laws governing pesticide registration and use
• California regulations
  • Regulations (links to DPR's existing, recently adopted, emergency, and proposed regulations)
  • Dormant spray rules – information and resources
  • Field fumigant restrictions to reduce VOCs – information and resources
  • Groundwater regulations – information and resources
  • Pesticide use reporting
  • Respiratory protection regulations - information and resources
• Federal laws and regulations
  • FIFRA - Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (primary federal law governing pesticide licensing and use)
    • Worker Protection Standard (WPS)
  • Food Quality Protection Act (FQPA)
  • Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA) – governments pesticide residue levels in food and feed crops
  • Guide to federal pesticide laws and regulations – National Pesticide Information Center